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Morris, Henry (Henry Morris, 1799-1880, at Swansea 1814-1826)
Circular dessert plate, soft paste porcelain, press moulded and jiggered, with foot ring, and painted in polychrome enamels. Shaped border moulded in low relief with a rococo pattern of bunches of flowers tied with a ribbon and C scrolls, scrolls picked out in gilt and arching over small groups of painted flowers. Narrow band of gilt scrolls and dark green flower heads and dots around cavetto, large central bouquet of richly painted garden flowers.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 31146
Creation/Production
Swansea China Works
Morris, Henry
Date: 1816-1826
Acquisition
Gift
Given by Major William H Tapp
Measurements
diam
(cm): 20.5
Height
(cm): 3
diam
(in): 8
Height
(in): 1
Techniques
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
jiggered
forming
Applied Art
enamelled
decoration
Applied Art
gilded
decoration
Applied Art
Material
soft-paste porcelain
Location
In store
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